Psychiatrists

The Last Dance…I Don’t Think So!

How many of us truly understand the final dance scene in Silver Linings Playbook? How many of us realize that it is an interpretation of...

Missing: 43 Y.O. Blonde Woman Who Loved to Smile

Today I decided to take a trip down memory lane in a self torturing kind of way. Why, you ask? I have absolutely no idea, but I did it....

My Very Own Breakfast Club

During one of our journaling groups, I was asked to write about what I have gotten thus far from Princeton House (the hospital in which I...

I Only Say Goodbye for Now, So I Can Greet You With a Smile Next Time We Meet

I came to the realization today that I can no longer try to battle this disease alone. After dropping my children off at school, I felt...

Hello Bipolar, My Name Is Lydia: Manic Ramblings to My Disease

I wish you would have introduced yourself earlier in my life. Perhaps you tried and I turned a cold shoulder because I was trying to run...

Check out “Closing the Chasm: Letters From a Bipolar Physician to His Son”

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=sPl8pKYIMh0C I just finished reading this incredibly honest and open book. It’s the fourth...

Misconceptions of Crazy

In June of 1995, I had my first exposure to a mental health ward. When I was 23 years old, I ended up committing myself to a locked...